Tucson man arrested on hit-and-run charges of pro cycling team

One cyclist with the Jamis-Hagnes Berman cycling team was sent to the hospital and several others were injured during an assault by a Tucson motorist on Friday morning around 11 a.m.., according to a team rider.

The professional cycling team, which is in Tucson for a training camp, was on a training ride on Valencia Road between Old Vail Road and Nexus Road when they said a man in an Oldsmobile Aurora began harassing the cyclists.

Team rider Ben Jacques-Maynes said the driver shouted expletives and told them to get off the road.